I grew up with Daylight Savings.
It used to begin sometime in April and end sometime at the end of September- in other words, about 1/2 a year...the spring/summer half.
Funny how that would work out that way.
It used to matter, too, I supposed- for saving candle power and whatnot in churches and government buildings by starting an hour later.
Nowadays, it doesn't really matter. EVERYTHING has lights.
EVERYTHING.
People don't work 9-5. They work 24/7.
Daylight Savings Time doesn't help us out AT ALL. It just confuses the rest of the world when we're trying to interact as a modern, global business.
And the dates keep changing- now, "Standard Time" is only from mid-November to the beginning of March. How does 3 months help us?
More to the point, how is that "standard" time? o_O
Somehow, states are able to opt out of Daylight Savings Time.
Arizona doesn't do Daylight Savings Time.
Neither does Hawaii.
Indiana didn't used to, but suddenly changed in 2006. (wonder who made that bright idea- ha ha)
And Mexico now has adapted Daylight Savings Time for their three time zones, though I bet they would change if the US got rid of the silly thing.
Why do we perpetuate this nonsense?
Perhaps it's an employment deal. hmm...You see, all the electronics now have clocks. Your oven, your microwave, your phone, your coffee maker- heck, even dishwashers have clocks now. And all of those clocks need to have programming to accommodate this nonsense called Daylight Saving Time. Think of how many jobs are created by simply requiring software to update all of those clocks...
Well, I think we just found out why we'll never get rid of Daylight Savings Time in the US...
...though perhaps when the law makers realize that most of the coding is done in India and other off-shore development locations, they'll be ok with finally putting Daylight Savings Time to bed.
I had to look this up also. The first change to Daylight savings was the last Sunday of April. That is SO different than what we have now.
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